Calliopum

Calliopum
Calliopum simillimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Lauxaniidae
Subfamily: Lauxaniinae
Genus: Calliopum[1]
Strand, 1928
Type species
Lauxania scutellata
Meigen, 1826 (= Calliopum aeneum Fallén)
Synonyms

Calliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.

Description

Calliopum sp. in a meadow
Calliopum sp., Lateral view

Most, but not all, are luscious black or metallic flies.[1] They are smaller than 5 mm and usually have iridescent eyes. Adults can be found from May until December in meadows and hedge rows. [2] The larvae may be phytophagous or saprophagous, mainly feeding on rotting vegetable matter or mining clover leaves.[3]

Distribution

These species are present on most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa. [4]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Шаталкин, Анатолий Иванович (2000). Определитель палеарктических мух семейства Lauxaniidae (Diptera) [Keys to the Palaearctic flies of the family Lauxaniidae (Diptera)] (Print) (in Russian). 5. Moscow: Zoologicheskie Issledovania. p. 102.
  2. Commanster
  3. Semelbauer, Marek; Kozánek, Milan (2012). "Morphology of preimaginal stages of Lauxania and Calliopum (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 3346: 1–28. ISSN 1175-5326.
  4. Fauna Europaea
  5. 1 2 3 4 Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.

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